The National History Bee is a competition for school children across America to compete head to head to test their knowledge of history!

Participating students at each school have the opportunity to advance to the regional level and possibly move on to the national competition!

Here is how the process works:

Friday, December 8, 2017- ALL permission slips (available in the Library) to participate must be completed and returned to Mrs. Ware in the library or Mr. Shipp in room #1207 in order to receive a study packet.

Month of December-Use the resources provided to you as well as any other available resources to study any and everything history related to prepare for the written test.

January 8-January 19, 2018-Candidates will complete a timed 30 minute, Online Regional Qualifying Exam. Specific date, time, and location to be determined, but candidates will be notified when details are finalized.

Last week of January 2018-Sponsors will receive participants’ scores from the History Bee organization.

February 2018:

Students who have scored high enough to qualify for regionals will be notified. Sponsors will notify participants either way.

The top 10 scoring GVMS History Bee students will be notified. They will participate in an Intramural Bee to determine the school winner.

February-April 2018:

Study your history and attend review sessions held by the History Bee sponsors. Review session schedule TBA.

The top 10 scoring students will participate in an Intramural Bee to determine a school winner. Specific date, time, and location to be determined, but candidates will be notified when details are finalized.

Wed. April 25, 2018- A regional “buzzer” competition will be held in the DC area, but the location has not been released yet. All Students who qualified for the Regional History Bee Competition should plan to attend. Students will need to have their own transportation to the Regional Bee. In past years,regionals have been held at middle schools in Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties.

May/June 2018- The National History Bee will take place and involves a weekend full of competition and fun events with finalists from all over the country! Location and date TBA.

Last year nine finalists at Gainesville Middle School scored high enough to move on to regionals! Five of those went on to qualify for the national competition that was held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bring back your permission form to Mrs. Ware or Mr. Shipp by Friday, December 8 to receive a study packet and start studying!

History Bee

“The National History Bee is an exciting new history competition for school children across America. Participating students progress from the school level, to the regional level, and finally to the National Championship until one student is crowned the National History Bee Champion! Unlike other activities, participants in the National History Bee compete head-to-head to be the first to ‘buzz-in’ with the correct answer. What results is a competition that tests a student’s knowledge in a fun and exciting way!” (National History Bee webpage)

Announcements

Welcome History Bee Contestants

WELCOME to the History Bee competition! Below are links to study resources as well as there are WORD and PDF study guides in the History Bee Study Guide Folder below. If you find additional resources, please e-mail them to me to be added to the page. Happy studying!
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Links

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